Description
Expand Your Practice and Help Expand Access to Your Services
This is a bundle of 5 courses.
- Introduction to TeleMental Health, 1 Contact Hour
- Legal Aspects of TeleMental Health, 1 Ethics Contact Hour
- Ethics of using Technology in Behavioral Health, 1 Ethics Contact Hour
- HIPAA Compliance for Mental Health Professionals, 1.5 Ethics Contact Hours
- Ethical, Legal, and Clinical Aspects of Selecting Technology, 2.5 Ethics Contact Hours
Both clinicians and clients are using technology more than ever. Technology is helping many clients access the care they need and providing both clinicians and clients the convenience they desire. However, the competencies of using technology in healthcare are not so evident.
By attending these courses, you will learn the legal, HIPAA, and ethical, aspects of selecting and using technology in your clinical work.
Also completing the TeleMental Health Clinical Skills Bundle will earn you the TeleMental Health Training Certificate
How to Attend
- Register for the course
- In the navigation bar above click on the “My Account – My Courses” tab
- You then can access each course by clicking on the course name
This is a non-interactive, self-study course.
You can also complete your courses by using a mobile app.
- Register for the course
- Download the app on your mobile device by clicking here
- Enter the following URL for our site: telementalhealthtraining.com/moodle
- Log in
Course List, Competencies, CE Hours
Introduction to TeleMental Health, 1 Contact Hour
- Define Telehealth and telemental health
- Explain the benefits of telemental health
- Explain the possible drawbacks and risks of telemental health
- Describe the support for telemental health
- Describe the history of telemental health
- Summarize the research findings on telemental health
- List the types of settings and locations of telemental health
- List three resources for telemental health updates
Legal Aspects of TeleMental Health, 1 Ethics Contact Hour
- Explain how to determine if you can legally practice telemental health
- Explain how to determine if you can provide clinical services to a client who is not located in the jurisdiction in which you have obtained a professional license
- Describe how to handle a situation in which a client is going to be outside the jurisdiction in which you are authorized to practice while requesting your clinical services
Ethics of using Technology in Behavioral Health, 1 Ethics Contact Hour
- List the sources of telemental health ethical guidelines
- Explain how you can ensure to practice within your boundaries of competence when providing telemental health
- Explain how to ethically use social media and create a social media policy
- List at least five topics that ought to be in an informed consent related to telemental health
- Explain how to verify identity when providing telemental health services
- Describe three possible ethical dilemmas that can occur when providing telemental health
HIPAA Compliance for Mental Health Professionals, 1.5 Ethics Contact Hours
- List four sources for privacy law in the United States
- List three risks to confidentiality when using technology
- List at least four risks to you if you fail to be HIPAA compliant
- Define a breach to protected health information
- Explain the steps to becoming HIPAA compliant
- Explain the requirements of the privacy rule in HIPAA law
- Explain the requirements of the security rule in HIPAA law
- Explain the requirements of the breach notification rule in HIPAA law
- Explain how to conduct a risk analysis and create a risk management plan
- Describe the three safeguards in HIPAA law
- Explain when you need to obtain a Business Associate Agreement
Ethical, Legal, and Clinical Aspects of Selecting Technology, 2.5 Ethics Contact Hours
- List the types of technology used in clinical practice
- Explain the ethical considerations in choosing technology
- Explain the legal considerations in choosing technology
- Explain the clinical considerations in choosing technology
- List the steps of choosing technology for clinical services
- List the considerations in choosing technology for clinical records
- List the considerations in choosing technology for video conferencing
- List the considerations in choosing technology for messaging
- List the considerations in choosing technology for phone calls, voicemail, and fax
- List the considerations in choosing technology for payment processing and document transferring
- List the considerations in choosing technology for data storage, backup, and archiving
- List at least seven technology components using in video conferencing
- Describe how to prevent, respond to, and process with clients technology issues
- Explain how to mitigate the risks to clinical sessions being recorded
CE Hours
Contact Hours:
Each of the five courses provides contact hours.
All of the five courses combined consists of 7 contact hours (6 of which are ethics)
Counselors:
Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No, 6693. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0048. Approval renewal date: 1/31/2023
Marriage and Family Therapists:
Many MFT licensing boards accept our courses or one of the approvals which we have from professional associations. You can check with your board to determine if this course would be accepted by your licensing board.
Social Workers:
Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC, #1609, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB Approval Period: 05/02/2018 – 05/02/2021. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval for continuing education credits.
Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0435. Approval renewal date: 2/28/2023
Instructor(s)
Raymond Barrett, LMHC, LPC, BC-TMH, M.S., has extensively provided telemental health counseling services in private practice, for facilities, and for an EAP program. Both as a practitioner and trainer, his aim is to fill every knowledge gap as it arises in the telemental health profession, and that his training allows for immediate implementation. Ray has developed several courses on telemental health and ensures his courses are kept updated. Trainees find Ray to be very approachable, available and knowledgeable. Ray appreciates hearing from each training participant individually in order to fulfill their specific learning needs and to incorporate their questions and successes into the training program. He has presented on telebehavioral health at several conferences and has assisted many organizations to create, launch, and enhance their telehealth programs through his consultation services.
Who should attend
This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.
Teaching methods
Teaching methods for these courses include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation. The courses may include required reading.
Course Availability
You have three months to access online courses from the time of purchase.
